New York employers may still be reeling from all of the employment law changes in 2018. Moses & Singer discusses ten important changes in the law employers want to make sure they are implementing in 2019.

Davis & Gilbert discuss the FTC’s settlement with a public relations agency and its CEO, as well as a magazine publisher and its sole owner, alleging claims that they misrepresented paid endorsements as independent consumer opinions and commercial advertising as independent journalistic content.

Davis & Gilbert highlights the FTC’s recent decision that agreements reached by 1-800 Contacts, Inc. with a number of its competitors unlawfully restricted the competitors’ ability to engage in search engine marketing, to the detriment of both consumers and search engines.

The International Chamber of Commerce’s Advertising and Marketing Communications Code is a global self-regulatory framework that seeks to identify the do’s and don’ts for responsible marketing. The code gives best practices to follow to ensure legal, honest, decent and truthful communications.

The FTC announced plans to hold a series of hearings examining competition and consumer protection in the 21st Century. The Commission has indicated that the hearings will seek to discover “whether broad-based changes in the economy, evolving business practices, new technologies, or international developments might require adjustments to competition and consumer protection, enforcement law, enforcement priorities and policy.”

BCG looks into how European companies can go beyond GDPR compliance and gain a valuable advantage by aligning their policies with consumer wishes. Learn how consumers feel regarding privacy by data type, industry and country, age group insights, and more.

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein+Selz examines the FTC and State of Maine’s announcement of a $2 million dollar settlement with ad agency Marketing Architects, Inc. for deceptive weight-loss claims and what it means for ad agencies.

EACA (European Association of Communication Agencies) has published a guide to help European agencies learn how General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect targeted marketing campaigns and how personal data is to be handled. The publication provides a list of procedures that agencies can follow to become compliant and to minimize risks.